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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Huge Hypothetical:
If the Democrats can take back the Senate and take the House or at least get it down to a single digit GOP lead, I believe things wil start getting done again in Washington.
The Democrats must pound the word MANDATE over and over again.
If this begins to happen, the GOP will be broken for at least 2 generations.
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A Huge Hypothetical: (Original Post)
Chasstev365
Aug 2016
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randr
(12,417 posts)1. They must lay all the malaise people are feeling on those responsible
for our failing government; the Republican Party.
We are at the point in this fight were you start to kick your opponent and not let them up.
CrispyQ
(36,544 posts)2. Dems have lost a lot of ground at the state level.
They have their work cut out for them!
The Trouble For Democrats Thats Not Spelled With a Capital T-R-U-M-P
While the party has been making history at the national level, it's losing ground in the states.
BY KATHY KIELY | JULY 27, 2016
http://billmoyers.com/story/trouble-democrats-thats-not-spelled-capital-t-r-u-m-p/#.V5kEcNTzHwE.facebook
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Since 2010, in contests for state House and state Senate seats, Democrats have racked up a net deficit of 913 seats. Republicans now control 68 of the nations 99 state legislative chambers, a historic high. Of the 31 states where one party enjoys a trifecta holding the governors office and majorities in both state legislative chambers Republicans are in charge in 22.
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In 2010, we gave away the House of Representatives for a decade, Rathod said, referring to the congressional redistricting maps, redrawn after every new Census. In most states thats done by legislators, and in most states Republicans controlled the process. The result are district lines that are so favorable to Republicans that many experts believe it will take another redistricting for Democrats to even have a prayer of regaining the House speakership.
There are policy implications as well. SiX just issued a report detailing the difference party control of state legislatures can make, examining legislation the various states passed on such issues as the minimum wage, family leave, immigration, climate change, education, voting rights and gay rights.
In Rathods opinion, Democrats have only themselves to blame. Even though both President Obama and outgoing Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz started out as state legislators, The Democratic Party has effectively ignored down-ballot races, he says. The situation has become so dire that Politico reports the president will campaign for state legislative candidates this fall. He has a lot of catching up to do. Republicans have made smart and large investments in both state races and infrastructure building that has allowed them this historic control of state legislative chambers and policymaking at the state level, Rathod says.
While the party has been making history at the national level, it's losing ground in the states.
BY KATHY KIELY | JULY 27, 2016
http://billmoyers.com/story/trouble-democrats-thats-not-spelled-capital-t-r-u-m-p/#.V5kEcNTzHwE.facebook
snip...
Since 2010, in contests for state House and state Senate seats, Democrats have racked up a net deficit of 913 seats. Republicans now control 68 of the nations 99 state legislative chambers, a historic high. Of the 31 states where one party enjoys a trifecta holding the governors office and majorities in both state legislative chambers Republicans are in charge in 22.
snip...
In 2010, we gave away the House of Representatives for a decade, Rathod said, referring to the congressional redistricting maps, redrawn after every new Census. In most states thats done by legislators, and in most states Republicans controlled the process. The result are district lines that are so favorable to Republicans that many experts believe it will take another redistricting for Democrats to even have a prayer of regaining the House speakership.
There are policy implications as well. SiX just issued a report detailing the difference party control of state legislatures can make, examining legislation the various states passed on such issues as the minimum wage, family leave, immigration, climate change, education, voting rights and gay rights.
In Rathods opinion, Democrats have only themselves to blame. Even though both President Obama and outgoing Democratic National Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz started out as state legislators, The Democratic Party has effectively ignored down-ballot races, he says. The situation has become so dire that Politico reports the president will campaign for state legislative candidates this fall. He has a lot of catching up to do. Republicans have made smart and large investments in both state races and infrastructure building that has allowed them this historic control of state legislative chambers and policymaking at the state level, Rathod says.
LAS14
(13,789 posts)3. We need to grab this opportunity at the state level, for sure! nt